Main line rail industry news – Page 1210
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Intelligent metro
METRO line controllers may be able to respond more efficiently to operating disruptions using real-time decision support software which is being demonstrated by Cambridge Consultants Ltd.The software can automatically balance any performance penalty payments applicable at the current time of day with crewing requirements, infrastructure limitations and the ease of ...
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Impact-resistant insulators
PORCELAIN insulators used to support conductor rails are heavy and suffer from chipping and cracking, but these problems can be avoided by using glass-reinforced plastic insulators developed by Rehau. Assembled from three adjustable and replaceable GRP parts, the insulators are comparable in cost to porcelain. Two versions are available to ...
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Greener tram lines in Erfurt
THIS month Erfurter Gleisbau GmbH will begin installing grassed track using clip-together sleeper and rail fastening protectors developed by Regum GmbH. Made from bonded recycled rubber, the components will be used on reserved track sections of the 3·7 km extension of Erfurt’s tram network from the cemetery to the airport ...
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E-ticketing trials in Finland
FINNISH national operator VR began trials with e-ticketing on May 11. Customers can make a booking on the internet and then print off a ticket, or alternatively they can opt to receive an e-mail or text message confirming the booking. Tickets can be purchased between eight weeks and one hour ...
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Russia invests in passenger stock
DURING the current year Russian Railways is to invest 12·7bn roubles in its passenger services, including 4·1bn roubles for improvements to stations and 1·7bn on capital repairs of buildings. In the first quarter, 1·7bn roubles has been spent on purchasing carriages, and 433m roubles on the refurbishment of existing stock.Figures ...
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Finance
Canada: The federal, provincial and city governments have announced funding commitments totalling C$660m to extend Ottawa’s O-Train DMU-operated line from Lebreton to Limebank, and to develop plans to run to Barrhaven and the city centre.Europe: Eurotunnel has appointed Lazard and Lehman Brothers as banking advisors. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein will continue ...
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Industry News in Brief
Bogie and single axle suspension technology firm Powell Duffryn Rail announced on May 13 that is had been renamed Probotec Ltd, a name ’derived from Professional Bogie Technologies.’To allow for expansion, AEA Technology is to move part of its Rail Products business from Derby to its Glengarnock technology centre, currently ...
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Sidetrack
CAPTION: On May 10 Austrian Federal Railways unveiled its 200th multi-system Siemens-built Taurus locomotive. No 1116 200 has been painted in a special livery to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Semmering Railway. Sponsored by model railway manufacturer Roco, which has produced a limited edition replica, the loco features paintings ...
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Passenger News in Brief
CFR Calatori has awarded Hewlett Packard Romania a €22m contract to provide a computerised ticket sales and seat reservation system, which is expected to handle 86% of the Romanian operator’s sales. Russian Railways plans to introduce twice-weekly Moscow - Grozny through services from May 30, taking 46 h northbound and ...
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Two passenger companies in PKP Group
Within the PKP Group there are two national passenger operators: PKP Intercity Ltd, which ran its first trains on September 1 2001, and PKP Przewozy Regionalne Ltd which came into being on October 1 2001.PKP Intercity runs about 280 daily trains, including overnight and international services. The overnight trains from ...
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PUBLICATIONS
A Dream RevisitedSubtitled an Archival Journey into the Making of the Delhi Metro Rail, this book gives an account of the history, planning, routes and technology of the Indian capital’s metro from its inception to the opening ceremony. The trials and tribulations of the project are described, from the controversy ...
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Managing the network
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA (PKP PLK) manages the infrastructure on the 20000route-km national network. Operations and maintenance are wholly funded by access charges from the train operators. The average access charge per train-km is 23·55 zloties (k5) for freight trains and 8·97 zloties for passenger trains, plus taxes. However, ...
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Back-up signalling still needed
THE decision to install ERTMS on TGV Est (p318) is clear evidence of a firm commitment in Europe to pursue the development of ETCS technology, despite the cost. But the goal of attaining levels of reliability acceptable for commercial service remains elusive. Even on TGV Est, due to open in ...
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Market
Australia:Victoria’s Department of Infrastructure has appointed Scott Wilson to carry out a six-month review of Melbourne’s rail infrastructure assets, and to develop maintenance and renewal strategies.Honeywell Building Solutions has been awarded a A$7·1m contract to provide an 800-camera CCTV monitoring and digital recording network for the stations in the Perth ...
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Intelligence
Canada:The federal and Manitoba province governments have agreed to assist funding the continuation until December of two VIA Rail passenger services and one Hudson Bay Railway freight train per week between The Pas and Pukatawagan. Three First Nation communities plan to purchase the line.Czech Republic:On April 26 work was launched ...
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Danes in Sweden
MALMÖ-based DSB subsidiary Tågvärdsbolag AB has been awarded a contract to provide ticket checking and onboard services on regional and Øresund trains in Skåne from November 1 this year until June 2007.DSB already provides staff for trains running across the Øresund as far as Malm
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Metros
Argentina: Buenos Aires city government is considering a proposal to build an 11 km light rail route from Retiro station to La Boca via the Puerto Madero redevelopment area. The scheme has been devised by Swiss-based architect Pedro Valladares, with Stuttgarter Strassenbahn willing to provide 35 second-hand LRVs for €5000 ...
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Canac sold
CANADIAN National has sold Canac Inc to Salt Lake City-based Savage Companies. The sale includes Canac’s railway training, planning and infrastructure engineering services and its international consultancy, but excludes the Remote Control Division which will remain a CN subsidiary. The Remote Control Division manufactures locomotive control products including the Beltpack ...
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Academy opens
THE Yorkshire Rail Academy was opened on May 5. A £1·25m joint venture of the National Railway Musem and York College, it is funded by Yorkshire Forward and the Learning &Skills Council North Yorkshire.The Academy incorporates York College’s Centre of Vocational Excellence for rail and signal engineering. Principal Mike Galloway ...
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Integrated in Interfleet
ROLLING stock consultancy TrainTech Engineering AB has been relaunched as Interfleet Technology AB, following its acquisition by Interfleet Group last October. TrainTech was formerly part of rolling stock maintenance provider EuroMaint AB in Sweden, and has around 100 consultants and a turnover of SKr90m. According to Regional Director Sven Ödeen, ...